ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

Thanks to the support by the U.S. Army Research Office of work in

probability at Princeton University I enjoyed the help of J. Goldman, L. ~itt,
M. Silverstein, and, in particular, of M. M. Rao. They eliminated many
inaccuracies and obscurities. All chapters were rewritten many times
and preliminary versions of the early chapters were circulated among friends.
In this way I benefited from comments by J. Elliott, ~. S. Pinkham, and
L. J. Savage. My special thanks are due to J. L. Doob and J. Wolfowitz for
advice. and criticism. The graph of the Cauchy random walk was supplied by
H. Trotter. The printing was supervised by Mrs. H. MCDou.gal, and the
appearance of the book owes much to her.
WILLIAM FELLER
October 1965
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